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Serious B6534 crash in Newcastle upon Tyne on 29 March 1990 at 17:40 involving a Kawasaki KMX125 motorcycle

A Kawasaki KMX125 motorcycle and a Nissan Sunny were involved in a crash on the B6534 in Newcastle upon Tyne at 17:40 on Thursday 29 March 1990. The 20-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki KMX125 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Mar 1990
Thursday, 17:40
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki KMX125 and Nissan Sunny
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.98388, longitude -1.6537, in the NE4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Map of where the crash happened in Newcastle upon Tyne

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199010B305390
Council area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Police force
Northumbria

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6534
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 February 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki KMX125

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki KMX125)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199010B305390 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Newcastle upon Tyne road accident statistics for 1990.